The end of photography as we know it
Nov 3, 2019 10:37:56 #
[quote=Steve758] " . . . Here are some things that I think about when out shooting:
Do I want snapshots or photographs . . . . "
And your take of the difference is?
Do I want snapshots or photographs . . . . "
And your take of the difference is?
Nov 3, 2019 10:47:37 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Ever since I was a kid, photography has been nothing but fun. It has been a total financial drain, with no money coming in. I could go through a bottle of Scotch every week, buy a big boat, or collect expensive art. Photography is more fun.
More fun than scotch? Too close to call.....
Nov 3, 2019 11:02:09 #
GreyOwl40
Loc: Quebec City
chevman wrote:
I agree with you jerryc41, photography is just plain fun and keeps one active mind, and body. It can be expensive, but not nearly as expensive as getting and restoring muscle cars!😏
True, but the bark of a big American V8 with a lumpy cam and headers is worth every penny!
Nov 3, 2019 11:04:07 #
Harry0 wrote:
I use PP software to convey the impression I thought I was getting when I took the picture of that subject.
EXACTLY! Science has already proved we live in an illusion. So we make the photo look like what we wish it to be. 'Nothing to get hung about. Strawberry fields forever.'
Nov 3, 2019 11:21:18 #
The photos I love most are the prints of the historic and the family. The pictures we take now will be those for the next generations. Make prints - Even if they live in a box they will be passed on and cherished.
Nov 3, 2019 12:09:39 #
nothing pleases me more these days then time spent outdoors with camera in hand. Have had a few published including a Photo Story in issue 158 of PhotoPlus magazine. Yes it is my biggest financial outlay, but so what! It is what I like to do!
BTW: I am a 76 year old widower.
BTW: I am a 76 year old widower.
Nov 3, 2019 12:15:08 #
Retired CPO wrote:
How long has it been since you had any sleep, mate? 
LOL!!!
Nov 3, 2019 12:27:31 #
Jaksfotos wrote:
While sitting bored looking at all my photo gear I... (show quote)
I too have the same thoughts when looking at some of the current pix (i.e.: trash) considered to be photography. Yes indeed, the end of photography as we knew it...
bwa
Nov 3, 2019 12:40:20 #
elliott937 wrote:
CO, you've cited the reason I won't join the many camera clubs in my area.
The politics of Camera Clubs SUCKS any creativity out of the process.
Every camera club joined has ruined my experience and stifled creativity.
Nov 3, 2019 13:07:02 #
Jaksfotos
Loc: Surrey UK leatherhead
Hi all
it never ceases to amaze me the conflicting and varied views that photography an technology can inspire.
Such passion and feeling from a group of people who strive to any lengths, to achieve their photo of a lifetime. Also to defend that right. to create In their own eye some thing so personal its uniqueness can move people to tears. long live photography, till my dying day i will press the button. I will use any method I can still understand to do it . I have at last found a forum where genuine passion is still alive . i think it gonna like it here . iv Had fun With my first post here it wont be the last . watch this space .
makes me want to recover quicker to keep up with you lovely gents and ladies
smile on JAK
it never ceases to amaze me the conflicting and varied views that photography an technology can inspire.
Such passion and feeling from a group of people who strive to any lengths, to achieve their photo of a lifetime. Also to defend that right. to create In their own eye some thing so personal its uniqueness can move people to tears. long live photography, till my dying day i will press the button. I will use any method I can still understand to do it . I have at last found a forum where genuine passion is still alive . i think it gonna like it here . iv Had fun With my first post here it wont be the last . watch this space .
makes me want to recover quicker to keep up with you lovely gents and ladies
smile on JAK
Nov 3, 2019 13:07:20 #
josquin1
Loc: Massachusetts
Kmgw9v wrote:
“The future’s uncertain, and the end is always near.”
In a couple of billion years the end will be near I think.
Nov 3, 2019 13:15:19 #
sirlensalot
Loc: Arizona
Jak - suggest switching from coffee to decaffeinated drinks, and there's always bowling.
Nov 3, 2019 13:32:41 #
JFCoupe
Loc: Kent, Washington
To some extent, people need to get over the angst about Photoshop and/or other post processing software. Ansel Adams significantly manipulated his negatives and prints. "Oh, but PS and other apps are sooo much easier to use that what Adams did!" says the naysayer.
But think back to the beginning of photography. Painters, both landscape and portrait artist probably condemned photography as being, 'so easy, compared to what we do with paints and canvas.
Things evolve and change. We can choose to accept the changes or fight them and be unhappy.
Ranting for a minute, who complains about traveling by plane today cross-country in about 5 hours compared to 175 years ago and making the same trip in about 60 days by horse or oxen pulled wagons.
Why do folks complain so much about changes in photography.
But think back to the beginning of photography. Painters, both landscape and portrait artist probably condemned photography as being, 'so easy, compared to what we do with paints and canvas.
Things evolve and change. We can choose to accept the changes or fight them and be unhappy.
Ranting for a minute, who complains about traveling by plane today cross-country in about 5 hours compared to 175 years ago and making the same trip in about 60 days by horse or oxen pulled wagons.
Why do folks complain so much about changes in photography.
Nov 3, 2019 13:38:31 #
I had a friend back in the Kodachrome days who shot for National Geographic Magazine. He told me time and again a keeper rate for him was 1:100 and NatGeo was much more critical than he was. Anyone who expects magazine quality shots from every one of his/her shots needs to sell his camera equipment, buy a high end scanner and a stack of magazines.
Nov 3, 2019 13:47:18 #
And I was worried that the iPhone would render my equipment somewhat obsolete.
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